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Trinity student hails Canton bowlers who win international title
A Trinity College junior from Canton lauds Canton team members Joe Mease Charlie Paxton Jim Hardin and J T Gossett for winning the International Bowling Championship held by the YMCA. The Canton bowlers topped 73 associations from 25 states Canada and Hawaii with 3132 total pins. Mease led with 663 pins followed by Paxton 640 Hardin 612 and Jilt Paxton 609. The source notes Canton’s growth from 2000 residents to about 6000 since Champion Fibre founded mills in 1905.
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Durham
Trinity College
Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Secrest
Canton
United States
Joe Mease
Merchant
Jilt
Charlie Paxton
Jim Hardin
J. T. Gossett
Champion Fibre Company
States
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Pueblo
Col
Trinity
Jilt Paxton
Charlie
Mease
J. N. Mease
Champion Fibre Company of
Ohio
Pulp and Paper
Young Secrest
Champion Company
Pigeon Creek
Asheville